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fatshionista]
In a post onfatshionista, I asked folks where they draw the line between "regular" and "very" big for the purpose of clothes-buying, and a lot of folks expressed distaste for the term "supersize."
The history behind the term, as far as I know, is this - it came into being before fast food places started calling their offerings "supersize," and it was a way of saying "very big" that was meant to be positive because of the positive connotations of the word "super".
Anyway, I'd love suggestions for what other words to use to describe clothes that are big enough for people who can't shop for clothes at malls and regular department stores and regular clothing catalogs because those clothes are too small.
The reason I care is (a) I want to know what to call the sizes of clothing that are big enough for us on my clothing resource page, and (b) I'm a language geek.
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fatshionista, I asked folks where they draw the line between "regular" and "very" big for the purpose of clothes-buying, and a lot of folks expressed distaste for the term "supersize." The history behind the term, as far as I know, is this - it came into being before fast food places started calling their offerings "supersize," and it was a way of saying "very big" that was meant to be positive because of the positive connotations of the word "super".
Anyway, I'd love suggestions for what other words to use to describe clothes that are big enough for people who can't shop for clothes at malls and regular department stores and regular clothing catalogs because those clothes are too small.
The reason I care is (a) I want to know what to call the sizes of clothing that are big enough for us on my clothing resource page, and (b) I'm a language geek.
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I try to stay away from euphemisims as they tend to sound patronizing to me no matter who is saying them --me or the clothing rep-- in our conversation.
I got Russ to do a T-shirt with the slogan "Woman of Substance", but it's never sold significantly. I guess too many modern-day large women don't recognize the background of the phrase.
just call me SUPERSIZE!
I usually describe myself as short and medium-sized. Which of course doesn't mean that I actually wear M size ... it means that I can shop at both Tan-Jay and Lane Bryant.
Also, I hope you don't mind but I linked both this conversation and the one in
They also had a fantastic poster of the so-called 'fat Barbie' on the wall. XD
(came here by way of